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Brian Higgins is New HR Director for Care Dimensions in Greater Boston

Care Dimensions, the largest hospice and palliative care provider in Massachusetts, announced Brian Higgins of Marlboro joined the nonprofit’s Waltham office as the HR director for Greater Boston, responsible for recruitment, hiring, onboarding and administering employee benefits. He also will lead Care Dimensions’ diversity, equity and inclusion efforts.

“Care Dimensions has a strong commitment to its employees, mission and organizational culture, as witnessed by its being named for the second time to Modern Healthcare’s Best Places to Work in Healthcare list,” says Higgins. “That foundation starts with recruitment, retention, supporting, training and promoting our staff. I’m excited to build on that momentum to position Care Dimensions an employer of choice and to support staff who are doing such critical work in the community.”

He comes to Care Dimensions after a decade of working in HR positions with increasing responsibility for the Massachusetts municipalities of Lexington, Belmont and Needham. Most recently, he served as assistant director of human resources for the Town of Andover.

Higgins received a bachelor’s degree from the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth and earned a graduate certificate from Suffolk University in local government, leadership and management.

About Care Dimensions
Care Dimensions is the largest hospice and palliative care provider to adults and children in Massachusetts. As a nonprofit, community-based leader in advanced illness care, Care Dimensions provides comprehensive hospice, palliative care and grief support in more than 100 communities. Founded in 1978 as Hospice of the North Shore, Care Dimensions cares for patients wherever they live – in their homes, in skilled nursing facilities and assisted living communities, in hospitals, or at our inpatient hospice facilities, the Care Dimensions Hospice House in Lincoln and the Kaplan Family Hospice House in Danvers. Additionally, Care Dimensions HomeMD program provides in-home primary care to patients over age 65 in select communities on the North Shore and Greater Boston who have difficulty leaving home. The Care Dimensions Learning Institute educates more than 7,000 health care professionals and community members each year on advanced illness and end-of-life topics.

Please visit www.CareDimensions.org to learn more.